On December 27, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) announced its intention to soon issue “a final standard that will protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 hazards” in line with its earlier Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (“Healthcare ETS”). Recall that on June 21, 2021, OSHA promulgated the Healthcare ETS […]
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Interim Final Rule (IFR) requiring COVID-19 vaccination for covered healthcare staff has been met with challenge after challenge. These roadblocks to enforcement will persist under a new decision from the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. On December 13, 2021, the Eighth […]